Plan your trip to the southern tip of Florida to visit the largest subtropical wilderness in the United States.
Everglades has four: Ernest F. Coe near Miami, Guy Bradley in Flamingo, Gulf Coast in Everglades City, and Shark Valley off the Tamiami Trail highway. All are open daily; check websites for specific hours. Sprawling between South Florida’s Lake Okeechobee and the Gulf of Mexico, the Everglades is one of the world’s largest tropical wetlands.
When viewed from above, the domes form a rough circle around a pond. “What I didn’t know the first time I explored a dome,” Tejeda recalls, “is that the water in the middle is an ‘alligator hole’—a place where they hang out in the winter when the rest of the Everglades is drying out.” “ are unlike anything I had ever seen,” Tejeda continues. “I like to equate them to a fairy tale—a little fairy dome where you just feel like there’s going to be something magical flying around.” No fairy sightings so far. “But I always see owls and alligators and snakes.”—a 99-mile meander through mangroves and marshes with raised platform “chickee hut” campsites along the way.
“Many people prefer the winter for the terrific weather,” says ranger Allyson Gantt. “But each season offers something special. The shoulder seasons of fall and spring are less busy and may offer more solitude. Summer is especially great for boating and other water activities.”A multi-year construction project to raise the level of the Tamiami Trail often features delays. Shark Valley parking is often full by 10 a.m.
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